stricture : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stricture	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for stricture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stricture n abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway [syn: stenosis, stricture] severe criticism
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stricture \Stric"ture\, n. [L. strictura a contraction, from stringere, strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture. See {Strict}.] 1. Strictness. [Obs.] A man of stricture and firm abstinence. --Shak. 2. A stroke; a glance; a touch. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. 3. A touch of adverse criticism; censure. [I have] given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection on all and every passage. --Hammond. 4. (Med.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. {Organic stricture}, and {Spasmodic stricture}, under {Organic}, and {Spasmodic}. --Arbuthnot.